. . . Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Freedom of Creation Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . Jaromil The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

FSCONS, October 2008, Gothenborg

         Free Software . . . Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Figure 1.1 Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

Started in 1984 by , with help by Eben Moglen and others, drafting the GNU General Public License, granting users the rights to:

• Run for any purpose

• Study and adapt

• Redistribute

• Distribute modifications

         Free Software . . . Dyne.org network Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . Figure 2.1 At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Started in 2000 publishing low-consumption software creations for broadcast- Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace ing and freedom of speech, granting users with the rights to:

• Promote the idea and practice of open source knowledge sharing

• Open the participation to on-line and on-site communities

• Foster employment of FOSS in artistic creation

• Support FOSS development, also when non-profitable

         Free Software . . . Theoretical background Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . Figure 3.1 The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . • Collaboration instead of competition Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . • No strings attached to marketed products The Rise of . . . • Ownership of production means Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

• Global knowledge for local economies

“The best result will come from everybody in the group doing what’s best for himself, and the group. (John Nash, Nobel in 1994)”

         Free Software . . . Dyne:OS implementation Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . Figure 4.1 At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . The dyne:bolic GNU/Linux liveCD multimedia operating system, devel- Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace oped from scratch since 2001 with the following focus:

• Ease of use, non invasive installation that co-exists with other systems

• Recycling of existing infrastructure, support for game consoles

• Oriented to production and not only fruition of media

• Enforcing privacy of users and independent distribution of information

• Self contained development toolkit

         Free Software . . . Dyne:OS in the Makrolab Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace Figure 5.1

No production or merchandising was ever planned for the distribution of this system, still as of today we count more than 1 million copies on printed CDs all around the world.

• Community sharing

• Local business development

• Printed magazines, also those focusing on security and gaming

         Free Software . . . Dyne:OS cultural impact Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . One of the few 100% FREE (libre, or in other words entirely freedom- Dyne:OS im- . . . respecting) GNU/Linux distributions that are recommended and mirrored Dyne:OS in . . . by the worldwide, along with BLAG, gNewSense, Dyne:OS . . . Ututo, Musix and GNUstep. The Lies of . . . ““Jaromil’s contribution to the Free Software community is immense. The Free Loop . . . We appreciate his work from India.” - Frederick FN Noronha, Piracy vs . . . BytesForAll. June 24, 2008*” At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . The Independent UK lists us as Top 10 open source project in 2005, Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace besides other projects as Wikipedia, Sourceforge, XVid, Gimp, Apache, Me- diawiki, Firefox, OpenOffice: “If you have not seen Dynebolic, you have not seen...I looked at this distribution six months ago, but as impressive as it was then, it has gotten even better. Take a look. - Jon maddog Hall, 30 Nov 2003”

         Free Software . . . The Lies of “Free” Market Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . The Laws of Free-Trade dictate that when you exchange money for the Dyne:OS im- . . . purchase of any item, that item belongs to you without strings attached. Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

Figure 7.1

Mobile communication objects sold worldwide are restricted. Such mobile communication devices constitute nowadays the widest network around the globe, mostly used by citizens for private communications.

         Free Software . . . The Free Loop of Creation Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . An ideal Semantic Square (Greimas’ Rectangle) to play with: Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

Figure 8.1

         Free Software . . . Piracy vs Neo-Colonialism Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . “Piracy does not simply exist because there are bloody-minded people Dyne:OS im- . . . who don’t care for the rules and laws of the civilised world. It tends Dyne:OS in . . . to emerge whenever there is a hegemonic power that asserts itself by Dyne:OS . . . establishing a trade monopoly. (Armin Medosh)” The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

Figure 9.1

“During the first decades of America’s existence as a nation, private citizens, voluntary associations, and government officials encouraged the smuggling of European inventions and artisans to the New World. These actions openly violated the intellectual property regimes of Eu- ropean nations. (Doron Ben-Altar)”

         Free Software . . . At the End of Capitalism Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . • Is it DOOM for content creators? Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . • How is unrestricted copying anything but a bane for people trying to Dyne:OS . . . make a living while making media? The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . • Is there something as a Peer to Peer Economy? Piracy vs . . . • Think about it. At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . • It is not barter. Micro-payments maybe help. Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

• Think TWICE!

• Imagine local economies. Connect them.

• Let the people join. Give broad access to production.

• Redistribute the activity. Let neighbours take care of each other.

• Dis-corporate production. REP RAP.

         Free Software . . . The Rise of new Values Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . • Refuse Scarcity. Abundance is not our enemy, it is our friend. Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . • Refuse the Big Success, the Big Audience, the Big Mass Media. Con- Dyne:OS . . . nect specific communities with low-cost and low-latency distribution The Lies of . . . • Refuse the Broadcast Quality. Embrace modesty, publish unfinished, The Free Loop . . . involve people, work enthusiastically with what’s available. Follow the Piracy vs . . . vector of quality, don’t pursue its mirage. At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . • Recycle! modular architectures, generic infrastuctures. Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

• RE-USE! BRICO BRICO

Figure 11.1

         Free Software . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace Dyne.org network Theoretical . . . Dyne:OS im- . . . Dyne:OS in . . . Dyne:OS . . . The Lies of . . . The Free Loop . . . Piracy vs . . . At the End of . . . The Rise of . . . Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace

Figure 12.1

Jaromil’s musings on http://jaromil.dyne.org/journal R&D at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, open to collaborations! Freaknet medialab / Poetry Hacklab in Sicily, Magna Grecia Bricolabs south 2 south worldwide network Thanks, a thousand flowers will blossom!